A theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery : including the diseases of pregnancy and parturition and the attentions required by the child from birth to the period of weaning . onformitywith the directions before given, the male blade will be placed posteriorly andto the left, near the left sacro-iliac articulation, and the female blade just behindthe right anterior arch of the pelvis; when locked, the concave edges of theblades will look forwards and to the left. The rotation is then effected from be-hind forwards, and from left to right, so as to bring the chin behind the sym-physis; a
A theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery : including the diseases of pregnancy and parturition and the attentions required by the child from birth to the period of weaning . onformitywith the directions before given, the male blade will be placed posteriorly andto the left, near the left sacro-iliac articulation, and the female blade just behindthe right anterior arch of the pelvis; when locked, the concave edges of theblades will look forwards and to the left. The rotation is then effected from be-hind forwards, and from left to right, so as to bring the chin behind the sym-physis; and when this is accomplished, we draw directly forwards, and a littledownwards, in order to free this part from the pubic arch; and then, afterhaving secured its delivery, the handles are gradually carried up, at the sametime drawing moderately, with a view of promoting the flexion and disengage-ment of the head. 2. When the Head is at the Superior Strait.—The face may be found in 814 DYSTOCIA. every possible relation with the different parts of this strait. Should the chincorrespond to any portion of its anterior half, the forceps may be applied without Fig. 118. Fig.
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